Concert raises $20K for UTSA mariachi program

(Sept. 25, 2007)--UTSA's mariachi students and three-time Grammy winner Vikki Carr raised more than $20,000 Thursday night in an historic concert and cultural event. Proceeds from the concert will support scholarships for UTSA mariachi students.

Audience members thunderously applauded all performers throughout the night under the deft pacing of Jose Torres, a former UTSA student turned instructor, and Eugene Dowdy, chair and associate professor in the Department of Music, who conducted the UTSA Orchestra in a sweeping rendition of Moncayo's "Huapango."